In Memoriam 2025

As we say farewell to 2025, here's a look back at the people (and projects) we lost this year. 

Horst Janson

David Johansen

"Teeny Little Super Guy" Animater Paul Fierlinger

Ruth Buzzi

George Wendt 

MuppetVision 3D and PizzeRizzo!

Watch our full tour and tribute here. 

David Lazer

Loretta Swit

Malcolm-Jamal Warner 

Ozzy Osbourne

Hulk Hogan 

Cleo Laine 

Rob Lake Magic With Special Guests the Muppets

Drew Struzan

Wayne Moss

We thank them all for their contributions to Henson productions. 

In Memoriam 2024

As we reflect on the end of the year, let's take a look back at some of the people in the Muppet community we lost this year. 

Lay's commercial Comedian, Richard Lewis

Follow That Bird's Joe Flaherty

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David Barrington Holt, Manager of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop

The Muppet Takes Manhattan's Martin Price, Murray Plotzky, Dabney Coleman

 Comedian, Bob Newhart

Sesame Street's first celebrity cameo, James Earl Jones

Muppet Show guest star Kris Kristofferson

The Muppet Show and Muppets Take Manhattan guest star, Linda Lavin

Below are few more thanks to our friends at ToughPigs.com.

Muppet Show: Sex and Violence writer, Marshall Brickman

Sesame Street contributor and legendary musician, composer and producer Quincy Jones.

Fitness guru, (since the cretaceous period) Richard Simmons

Sesame Street Teri Garr

Muppet Magazine guest Shelley Duvall

 Sesame Street guest Phil Donahue

The Muppets (2011) guest and Susan’s father on Sesame Street, Bill Cobbs

The Muppet Movie Producer, Martin Starger

Sesame Street writer Dan Wilcox

Disney Drive-On with the Muppets guest star Songwriter Richard M. Sherman

PBS News Hour's Robert MacNeil

Sesame Street guest, symphony conductor and music director Seiji Ozawa

We thank them all for their contributions to Henson productions. 

In Memoriam 2023

We collected our tributes to those lost in the Henson-verse in our 2023 In Memoriam.

Sesame Workshop co-founder Lloyd N. Morrisett, PhD (1929 - 2023)

Muppet Show Guest Star Raquel Welch (1940 - 2023)

Elmopalooza Guest Star Richard Belzer (1944 - 2023) 

Fraggle Rock songwriter and composer Philip Balsam (1943 - 2023)

Muppet Show Guest Star Harry Belafonte (1927 - 2023)

Muppet Treasure Island songwriter Cynthia Weil (1940 - 2023)

Muppet Show Guest Star Glenda Jackson (1936 - 2023)

Muppet Show Guest Star Alan Arkin (1934 - 2023)

Muppets Tonight Guest Star Tony Bennett (1926 - 2023)

"Kermit Unpigged" and Elmopallooza guest star Jimmy Buffett (1946 - 2023)

Muppet Magazine Guest Paul Reubens "Pee-wee Herman" (1952 - 2023)

The Storyteller: Greek Myths actor Michael Gambon (1940 - 2023)

I Love Liberty TV Producer Norman Leer (1922 - 2023)

We thank them all for their contributions.